World boxing legend Mike Tyson was revealed to have only received a “meager” salary when he had a shocking match with 27-year-old YouTuber Jake Paul.
The boxing match “shocked” the boxing world between living legend Mike Tyson and his opponent 31 years younger than him, YouTuber Jake Paul, was scheduled to fight on July 20 at AT&T Arlington Stadium in Texas ( America).
Currently, many technical details about this boxing match are still being discussed before reaching an agreement on its application. However, the remuneration paid to boxers has been somewhat revealed.
For Mike Tyson, this will be the first time in nearly 4 years that Mike “steel” has fought in the ring since his exhibition match with Roy Jones Jr. in California in November 2020. If we count from the last professional boxing match, when Tyson met Kevin McBride (June 2005), it will be 2 decades. However, that does not necessarily guarantee that “Steel” Mike will be sought after and will receive a generous remuneration when agreeing to compete with “kid” Jake Paul in an event broadcast live on the Netflix platform.
Indeed! Currently, the parties have not announced the exact remuneration paid to Tyson and Jake Paul. However, the press simultaneously quoted a revelation from UFC star Henry Cejudo, who is familiar with Tyson, that the living legend of world boxing will “pocket a competition fee of 20 million dollars “.
The above salary is definitely not the highest or second highest that Mike “Steel” has ever received after a match. This is understandable because Tyson is now a “57-year-old old man” and not an “absolute champion” like when Jake Paul was… not yet born.
31 years younger
In his illustrious career, up to this point, the most “huge” compensation Mike Tyson has ever earned in a match is $35 million . That is the reward for the peak match with Lenox Lewis in June 2022, when “steel” Mike is about to turn 36 years old.
For comparison, if the price is adjusted, 35 million dollars in 2002 is now equivalent to about 63 million dollars , which is 3 times the amount that Mike Tyson is expected to receive when fighting Jake Paul in July. This.
In addition to the match with Lewis, “Steel” Mike also received other huge remunerations such as $30 million in the rematch with Frank Bruno in 1996, or $60 million in two famous and also very famous matches. scandal with Evander Holyfield in 1996 and 1997.
In total, during his career Mike Tyson is said to have earned up to 430 million dollars from the boxing ring, but in 2003 this multi-talented boxer was forced to… declare bankruptcy.
Lenox Lewis
Obviously, in his twilight years, the $20 million salary to fight Jake Paul is now a “super bargain” for Mike Tyson. Even if Tyson received “much less” than Jake Paul – the boxer has only fought 10 “professional” matches and none of them lasted 12 rounds – it is completely understandable.
There is currently no information on how much Jake Paul will receive when competing with “Steel” Mike. But for a famous YouTuber like Jake Paul, the main income will come from the pay-per-view royalties of participating events and matches.
Jake Paul himself claimed to have pocketed a total of $30 million from his fight with Tommy Fury last February. Notably, that was also Jake Paul’s only loss to date.
